Posted on 05/02/2019 3:02:29 AM PDT by vannrox
Today is the 100 year anniversary of the Great October Revolution (as it was called in the USSR) or the 1917 October Revolution. Here are some first-hand witnessed depictions of events of that time by the painter Ivan Vladimirov, who used to work in the Tsar Police department in Petrograd at that time.
Arrested “old regime” nobles and aristocrats being convoyed.
People with axes chopping down Tsar emblems – two headed eagles.
“Wine trade – wine, liquor, beer, cigarettes”
Old Russia generals climb into a truck.
Peasants carry things that were probably looted from the houses of rich people who are no longer protected by the old laws.
An old army officer and some other people with pots of hot water or soup. A new “master” passes by on an automobile.
Probably a scene of the looting of the home of a rich peasant.
Reading aloud propaganda materials about the new power. The person in the leather jacket is holding a portrait of Trotsky in his hands. Trotsky himself would later be executed in Mexico.
Aristocrats try to escape Russia by boats, but there is not enough room for everyone so they forget their manners and stampede.
A church is being looted. Old grannies are probably trying to protect it, but the soldiers don’t listen to them.
Portraits of old nobility being burned.
Monks and priests now are forced to work, not just preach and collect donations.
People were easily shot by the new power, in their thousands.
Old nobility members were evicted from their mansions and large city apartments, they had to carry some of their belongings with them. Many of them had never done any real work.
Some people greet the new power, some don’t
Peasants looting the mansions of rich men.
New power supporters – peasants, sailors, soldiers, workers are now welcome in theatres that were previously visited only by the rich and wealthy or the nobility. However the new power supporters don’t know how to behave there.
Kids breaking statues in the private park of a rich man, now unguarded.
Another pair of people are brought to “trial” in a ransacked mansion.
Those were the times!
Chekist. Available on YouTube. Or used to be.
Not sure if Chekist. There does seem to be some humanity there.
For later
Democracy in action
Bernie Sanders is probably sorry he missed the glory days of the Revolution.
Democrats in action; the fruits of class warfare and envy, coupled with indifferent elites.
Thank you for such an awesome post.
Pictures from the French Revolution, Mao, Pol Pot, Castro, are the same. Were it not for our guns, it would be the same fate for us.
My grandmother, great aunt and great grandmother hightailed it out of Russia when the commies took over. Never looked back. Hated communists and so do I.
What are the themes?
Rich people are loaded up into trucks, and killed.
Their homes are looted.
Killing is indiscriminate and supported by the vast majority of the population.
The wealthy try to leave but they waited too long.
They waited too long...
The new rulers took over and took over their roles, families, and lifestyle.
vanroxx
Wanna explain why you chose to reside in China?
Wanna explain why you chose to reside in China?
Read my FR profile. It explains this mystery quite adequately.
No thanks.
I wonder if Christine Amanpour has any of these paintings as prints in her living room?
“Were it not for our guns, it would be the same fate for us.”
Hmm...I recall reading that before 1917, private gun ownership in Russia was nearly unrestricted. After the Bolshies seized power there was that famous poster, “Citizens! Turn in your guns!” and guns were seized or otherwise rounded up.
Because the Reds had the machineguns and the will to exterminate the “class enemy”.
Our possession of firearms is enshrined in the 2nd Amendment, for now. Our willingness to use them in defense of our freedoms is stymied by lack of organization. And now we face confiscation on the basis of “pre-crime” aka Red Flag.
Red flags in 1917, and now Red Flag. Scary connection.
Informants ratting out disobedient citizens then, and now.
The good ole days.
Coming to a corner near us soon.
For a cop that fellow was a rather talented artist.
There once was a German Army corporal that was a fairly decent artist...
He should have stuck to art.
And why couldn’t the damned Washington Senators have
just offered Fidel a contract already?
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